Donna Soucy

Donna Soucy
Minority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 2020
Deputy	Cindy Rosenwald
Preceded by	Chuck Morse
In office August 6, 2018 – December 5, 2018 Acting
Preceded by	Jeff Woodburn
Succeeded by	Chuck Morse
President of the New Hampshire Senate
In office December 5, 2018 – December 2, 2020
Preceded by	Chuck Morse
Succeeded by	Chuck Morse
Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 18th district
Incumbent
Assumed office December 5, 2012
Preceded by	Tom DeBlois
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 42nd Hillsborough district
In office December 2, 1992 – December 4, 1996
Preceded by	Jacquelyn Domaingue
Succeeded by	Robert Murphy
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 39th Hillsborough district
In office December 5, 1990 – December 2, 1992
Preceded by	Lillian Soucy
Succeeded by	Joanne O'Rourke
Personal details
Born	(1967-09-07) September 7, 1967 Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	St. Anselm College (BA) University of New Hampshire, Concord (JD)
Website	Campaign website

Donna M. Soucy (born September 7, 1967) is an American attorney and Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, first elected in 2012 in the 18th district. She is previously served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate, from December 5, 2018 until December 2, 2020. Soucy serves on the Senate Commerce, and Rules and Enrolled Bills committees, in addition to the Joint Fiscal Committee Soucy has also previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as a Manchester alderman.

Early life and education

Soucy's mother was Lillian Soucy, a New Hampshire state representative who died in 1990, the year after she graduated from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Her father, C. Arthur Soucy, also served as a Manchester city alderman and as a city official in other capacities, and as a member of the federal Electoral College.

Soucy attended the Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law) and received a Juris Doctor degree.

Senate career

First elected in 2012, Soucy became the minority leader in August 2018, after the incumbent Jeff Woodburn stepped down from his leadership post because he had been arrested on domestic violence charges. Soucy was re-elected to her Senate seat that November, but Woodburn was not, as Democrats won the majority of Senate seats statewide. The 14 Democratic senators-elect chose Soucy as their leader at a caucus shortly after the 2018 mid-term election; she was later unanimously elected Senate President on December 5, 2018.

External links

• Media related to Donna Soucy at Wikimedia Commons
• Senator Donna Soucy government website
• Donna Soucy for Senate campaign website
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Appearances on C-SPAN